They essentially write that if it weren’t for high profile projects like those aforementioned then many people wouldn’t be introduced to the crowd-funding site established back in 2009. So far, $400 thousand dollars have been donated to other Kickstarter projects as a result of this Hollywood takeover. Trickle-down economics working at its finest. Many people on the Internet are unhappy with Braff about his project. There are comments upon comments of fans criticizing him for his smugness and his “reverse Robin Hood” tactic of taking money from the less fortunate.

“He’s using his name to garner that fiscal success,” say Michael Wotherspoon, Course Director of Producing over at Full Sail University. Wotherspoon seems to agree with the fans on this issue. “He’s really just taking money from fans,” he explains. He doesn’t think Kickstarter or crowd funding in general is hurting the film industry.

“[W]hat crowd sourcing does [is] it gives small filmmakers a chance to have a little bit of funds to make a dream project. And now, digital distribution of cash, which is what crowd sourcing is, is now following along the same way as digital filmmaking. Will it change the industry? No. The studios will not give up, and the studios always have leverage over [indie filmmakers] and it’s cash.”

To listen to more of what Wotherspoon had to say, listen to the raw audio interview below.